Places caitlinhug7 Wants to Go

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.